ABC News investigation on parked BMWs catching fire. BMW NA responds

tturedraider · 05-23-2017, 01:12 AM

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MomoM3 · 05-23-2017, 09:27 AM

fake news!

insanecoder · 05-23-2017, 09:29 AM

Hey if ya gotta go you may as well go in a bimmer

acslater · 05-24-2017, 12:57 AM

E90s are at the price point now where you're going to see lots of folks driving them around and vaping, probably related 😂

rwjr44 · 05-25-2017, 10:54 AM

I wonder if any of these cars were affected by the numerous and catastrophic flooding we have experienced in the past few years.

Pretender · 05-29-2017, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisK

Considering how involved I am in the BMW brand - I was suprised by this article.

It's news to me.

Vehicles catch fire? Yes they do. BMW car fire pattern? Zero evidence! There's zero connection between these BMW cars, no details on models, years, fire patterns and sht... worst of all it's reported by ABC, the network is famous for bait and click with misleading titles! Try to follow ABC7 News on Facebook and you will see how many fake news they posted everyday.

DJsirkit · 06-15-2017, 06:46 PM

http://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/1...-while-stopped

Katin · 06-15-2017, 08:25 PM

Rare? Yes. Concerning? definitely.

Lysol · 06-16-2017, 08:34 PM

What struck me as odd about that video was how they allegedly couldn't find the source of ignition ...even for the first example that seemed to be somewhere near the intake manifold area. To me, any good arson forensics investigator should be able to, atleast, ball park the source (and further narrow down based on what components are in the area)...honestly, the whole story seems a bit strange and incomplete.

Nomana · 06-17-2017, 03:25 PM

Very interesting

stormlv · 06-17-2017, 03:57 PM

Jalopnik's story on this one is called: "ABC News’ Big ‘Investigative’ Story About BMW Fires Is Bunk"

http://jalopnik.com/abc-news-big-inv...a-b-1795121798

So the answer is no ... you should not be worried!

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Lysol Dü Werke 413 Rep 87 Posts Drives: F30 335i Join Date: May 2017 Location: Just around the river bend... iTrader: (0)	What struck me as odd about that video was how they allegedly couldn't find the source of ignition ...even for the first example that seemed to be somewhere near the intake manifold area. To me, any good arson forensics investigator should be able to, atleast, ball park the source (and further narrow down based on what components are in the area)...honestly, the whole story seems a bit strange and incomplete.
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06-17-2017, 03:25 PM	#120
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stormlv Human 1152 Rep 1,295 Posts Drives: Yes Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Geneva iTrader: (1) Garage List [0.00]	Jalopnik's story on this one is called: "ABC News’ Big ‘Investigative’ Story About BMW Fires Is Bunk" http://jalopnik.com/abc-news-big-inv...a-b-1795121798 So the answer is no ... you should not be worried! __________________ 2023 BMW M4 CP xDr \| 510HP / 650Nm \| Isle of Man Green \| Photo album Sold 2018 BMW M4 DCT / ZCP\| 450HP / 550Nm \| Sakhir Orange \| Photo album \| Tribute Sold 2014 BMW 435xd \| 360HP / 710Nm \| Estoril Blue \| Photo album 2010 BMW Z4 sDrive35i DKG \| 306 HP / 400Nm \| Space Gray \| Photo album
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